Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Witten, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 4.4 km
Ascend 85 m
Descend 44 m

Explore Witten in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Witten

Sight 1: Wasserturm Luhn & Pulvermacher

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The water tower of Luhn & Pulvermacher and Dittmann & Neuhaus is a monument in Herbede, Witten. It was built from 1919 to 1920 after a draft by Friedrich Dache. It is made of quarry stone and brick stone and is 23 m high. On August 23, 1999 he was included in the monument list of the city of Witten.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm der Firma Luhn & Pulvermacher und Dittmann & Neuhaus (DE)

469 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Pension Herbede

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Herbede station is located on the Ruhrtalbahn in the former municipality of Herbede, now a district of Witten.

Wikipedia: Bahnhof Herbede (DE)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Rathaus der Medizin

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The town hall of Herbede administered the once independent town of Herbede, today a district of Witten. It was built around 1900. In the immediate vicinity is the Herbede train station. After its incorporation in 1975, it housed the city library, a police station and non-profit associations such as the DLRG and the Heimatverein Herbede. The town hall was converted into a medical centre in 2010.

Wikipedia: Rathaus Herbede (DE), Website

512 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Villa Ruhrtal

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Villa Ruhrtal Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Villa Ruhrtal is a three-storey, prestigious business villa located at Ruhrtal 5 in the Herbede district of Witten. It was built in 1895 in the style of historicism or neo-renaissance by Friedrich Brinkmann, who operated the Ruhr Valley brewery on the opposite property at Ruhrtal 7. It has been a listed building since 3 September 1984.

Wikipedia: Villa Ruhrtal (DE), Website

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Zollhaus Herbede

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Zollhaus Herbede Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Zollhaus Herbede is a former Prussian bridge keeper's house from the 19th century and is located directly on the Lake bridge over the Ruhr on the side of Herbede, Witten. The construction of the house followed the construction of the bridge by Baron von Elverfeldt in 1844. Until 1930, a bridge toll had to be paid when crossing the Lake Bridge. The building now belongs to the company Friedr. Lohmann GmbH. A beer garden was opened in 2013 and an indoor restaurant in 2016.

Wikipedia: Zollhaus Herbede (DE), Website

1557 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 6: Helena Erbstollen

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Helena Erbstollen

The Helena Erbstolln, also known as the Helena Erbstollen, is a former Erbstollen in Heven, Germany. The mouth of the tunnel was located near the Herbeder Bridge.

Wikipedia: Helena Erbstolln (DE)

1455 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 7: Dorfkirche Heven

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Dorfkirche Heven Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Protestant church in Heven, a district of Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia), was built between 1900 and 1901 and is a listed building. It is used by the Protestant Trinitatis congregation.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Kirche (Heven) (DE), Facebook, Website

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